Philadelphia punks Mannequin Pussy are back with the title track from their upcoming EP Perfect. The song is a bloody-gummed death roll from start to finish, an intense contrast to the grunge-y and morose sound of their comeback single "Control" (which made it to our Songs You Need playlist). The band's frontperson Missy directs the music video, a tribute to the '90s cult classic comedy Romy and Michele's High School Reunion starring Onyx Ondyx and Omyra Lynn.
In a press statement, Missy described how the black hole of smartphone scrolling influenced the song:
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“Last year, I found myself spending more time on my phone than I ever had in my life. Physically separate from other people, I spent hours of time watching other humans perform on my rectangle. I realized that through years of social media training, many of us have grown this deep desire to manicure our lives to look as perfect, as aspirational as possible. We want to put ourselves out there, share our lives, our stories, our day-to-day - and these images and videos all shout the same thing: ‘Please look at me, please tell me I’m so perfect.’ It’s simultaneously a declaration of our confidence but edged with the desperation that seeks validation from others.”
The Perfect EP is out May 21 via Epitaph.
